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Union Iron Works (St. Louis)
The Union Iron Works (first known as Carondelet Marine Railway Company and later as Union Marine Works) was a shipbuilding and engineering firm in Carondelet, St. Louis, Missouri, United States. It was founded in the 1850s by Primus Emerson as the Carondelet Marine Railway Company. It sat where Marceau Street, off South Broadway, met the Mississippi River. The yard had tracks and cranes that could haul ships in or out of the river using a railway car that descended into the water, mated with a ship's hull, and was hauled up the bank and into one of a handful of sheds. The yard employed 800 artisans, laborers and shipwrights. In 1861, riverboat salvager and engineer James Eads leased the yard and used it to build ironclads for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. In 1869 and 1870, facilities of the Union Iron Works were used by William Nelson and Co. to fabricate the caissons used to build Eads Bridge. Ironclad boats constructed at Union Iron Works between 1861 and 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Cincinnati (1861)
The USS ''Cincinnati'' was a stern-wheel casemate gunboat in the United States Navy during the American Civil War. She was named for Cincinnati, Ohio, and was the first ship to bear that name in the United States Navy. Service history ''Cincinnati'' was built in 1861 under a War Department contract by James Eads, St. Louis, Missouri, and commissioned at Mound City, Illinois, January 16, 1862, Lieutenant George M. Bache in command. Assigned to duty with the Army in the Western Gunboat Flotilla under U.S. Navy Flag Officer Andrew H. Foote, ''Cincinnati'' participated in the attack and capture of Fort Henry (February 6, 1862); the operations against Island No. 10 (March 12 April 7, 1862); the engagement with the Confederate gunboat fleet at Plum Point Bend and the bombardment of Fort Pillow (May 10, 1862). This important series of operations was aimed at splitting the Confederacy. During the last engagement ''Cincinnati'', the lead vessel, was repeatedly struck by enemy ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Neosho (1863)
USS ''Neosho'', the lead ship of her class, was an ironclad river monitor laid down for the Union Navy in the summer of 1862 during the American Civil War. After completion in mid-1863, the ship spent time patrolling the Mississippi River against Confederate raids and ambushes as part of Rear Admiral David Porter's Mississippi Squadron. She participated in the Red River Campaign in March–May 1864. ''Neosho'' resumed her patrols on the Mississippi after the end of the campaign. She supported the Union Army's operations on the Cumberland River and provided fire support during the Battle of Nashville in December 1864. ''Neosho'' was decommissioned after the war and remained in reserve until sold in 1873. Design and description The steam-powered gun turret of the ''Neosho'' was at the bow. She had a single deckhouse between the funnel and the sternwheel, although another was later added between the turret and the funnel. Her pilothouse was positioned above the rear deckhouse, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neosho-class Monitor
The ''Neosho''-class monitors were a pair of ironclad river monitors laid down in mid-1862 for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. After completion in mid-1863, both ships spent time patrolling the Mississippi River against Confederate raids and ambushes as part of Rear Admiral David Porter's Mississippi Squadron. Both ships participated in the Red River Campaign in March–May 1864, although ''Osage'' supported the capture of Fort DeRussy in March and participated in the Battle of Blair's Landing in April. ''Osage'' was grounded on a sandbar for six months after the end of the campaign while ''Neosho'' resumed her patrols on the Mississippi. The latter ship supported the Union Army's operations on the Cumberland River and provided fire support during the Battle of Nashville in December. ''Osage'', after being refloated and repaired, was transferred to the West Gulf Blockading Squadron in early 1865 for the campaign against Mobile, Alabama. During the Ba ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Kickapoo (1864)
USS ''Kickapoo'' was a double-turreted river monitor, the lead ship of her class, built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The ship supported Union forces during the Mobile Campaign as they attacked Confederate fortifications defending the city of Mobile, Alabama in early 1865. She was placed in reserve after the end of the war and sold in 1874. Description ''Kickapoo'' was long overall and had a beam of . The ship had a depth of hold of Canney, p. 114 and a draft of . She had a tonnage of 970 tons burthen and displaced .Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 123 Her crew numbered 138 officers and enlisted men.Silverstone, p. 111 The ship was powered by two 2-cylinder horizontal non-condensing steam engines, each driving two propellers, using steam generated by seven tubular boilers. The engines were designed to reach a top speed of . ''Kickapoo'' carried of coal. The ship's main armament consisted of four smoothbore, muzzle-loading 11-inch Dahlgren guns mounted in two twi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Chickasaw (1864)
USS ''Chickasaw'' was an ironclad river monitor built for the United States Navy during the American Civil War. The ship participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in August 1864, during which she was lightly damaged, and the bombardments of Fort Gaines (Alabama), Forts Gaines and Fort Morgan (Alabama), Morgan as Union troops besieged the fortifications defending the bay. In March–April 1865, ''Chickasaw'' again supported Union forces during the Mobile Campaign as they attacked Confederate fortifications defending the city of Mobile, Alabama. She was placed in Reserve fleet, reserve after the end of the war and sold in 1874. Her new owners converted ''Chickasaw'' into a train ferry in 1881 and renamed her ''Gouldsboro''. The ship was later converted into a barge and remained in use until she sank sometime during the 1950s. Her wreck was discovered in the Mississippi River in New Orleans in 2003, although there are no plans to raise her. Description ''Chickasaw'' was length ov ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Winnebago (1863)
USS ''Winnebago'' was a double-turret river monitor, named for the Winnebago tribe of Siouan Indians, built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The ship participated in the Battle of Mobile Bay in 1864, during which she was lightly damaged, and the bombardments of Forts Gaines and Morgan as Union troops besieged the fortifications defending the bay. In early 1865, ''Winnebago'' again supported Union forces during the Mobile Campaign as they attacked Confederate fortifications defending the city of Mobile, Alabama. She was placed in reserve after the end of the war and sold in 1874. Description ''Winnebago'' was long overall and had a beam of . The ship had a depth of hold of Canney, p. 114 and a draft of . She was 970 tons burthen and displaced .Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 123 Her crew numbered 138 officers and enlisted men.Silverstone, p. 111 The ship was powered by two 2-cylinder horizontal non-condensing steam engines, each driving two propellers, using st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USS Milwaukee (1864)
The first USS ''Milwaukee'', a double-turreted river monitor, the lead ship of her ship class, class, built for the Union Navy during the American Civil War. The ship supported Union forces during the Mobile Campaign as they attacked Confederate fortifications defending the city of Mobile, Alabama in early 1865. She struck a naval mine, mine in March and sank without loss. Her wreck was marine salvage, raised in 1868 and broken up for ship breaking, scrap that was used in the construction of a bridge in St. Louis, Missouri. Description ''Milwaukee'' was length overall, long overall and had a Beam (nautical), beam of . The ship had a Glossary of nautical terms (A-L)#D, depth of hold of Canney, p. 114 and a draft of . She had 970 Builder's Old Measurement, tons burthen and displacement (ship), displaced .Chesneau & Kolesnik, p. 123 Her crew numbered 138 officers and enlisted men.Silverstone, p. 111 The ship was powered by two 2-cylinder horizontal Marine steam engine, non-conde ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
